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Appalachian State’s Alex Taylor has been named the Southern Conference men’s cross country runner of the week for his performance last week, the league office announced on Friday.
The junior from Charlotte, N.C. finished fifth in a field of 111 runners to lead the Mountaineers to a fourth-place finish with a time of 25:50 at the Covered Bridge Open in Boone, N.C. Appalachian State finished just behind Southern Indiana, ranked seventh in NCAA Division II, and Florida State, who is ranked seventh in Division I.Taylor and the rest of the Mountaineers’ squad will compete in the Mountaineer Open on Friday, Sept. 16.